My daughter and I have been watching #Defunctland on #Youtube for years now. Kevin Perjurer is a wonderfully thoughtful, detail oriented, and quietly snarky filmmaker that you can’t help but enjoy watching tales of dead amusement parks. Petrana @polygon.com found that out, too! #TV #disney www.polygon.com/yuletide-…
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Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Michael Penn - Mr. Hollywood Jr. (Double Disc Version)(2005). Featuring Penn’s unique spin on Americana rock and interspersed with fascinating short snippets of musical texture, this is a more introspective album than most of his releases. #music #nowplaying
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I cannot BELIEVE that #Substack has the gall to charge $50 to use a custom domain!! Hey #networking #nerds, how much does it cost Substack to “host” a domain name #tech #internet #capitalism
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Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Colin Hay - Transcendental Highway (1998). Saw Colin this morning talking to CNN whilst celebrating New Years in Tasmania (I think. Maybe NZ) and playing music for the crowds with his old band, Men at Work. Threw this on. Great album. #music #nowplaying
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Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Oingo Boingo - Alive (1988). While this is a live album, the band didn’t play in front of an audience. Nothing is mixed. It sounds like a studio recording it’s so tight. #music #nowplaying
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Well, this is fascinating! The city of Poznan, Poland uses eight clams to control their water supply. When the water is clean, they remain open, but close when contaminated, closing a sensor harmlessly glued to their shell. Computers do the rest. After three months, the clams are returned to their original home and replaced with new clams. #science #health #clever kottke.org/24/12/eig…
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Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant (Deluxe)(2011). Eric Clapton. Steve Winwood. Tom Morello. Trent Reznor. Nothing short of an amazing album. Why are you still reading this? Go listen! #music #nowplaying
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It’s #CNN listicle season, and I hate it. I can’t walk around my house now without wading through hip-deep listicle muck. It’s sooooo gross. Normally this would signal the oncoming new year and a refreshed sense of hope, but that’s not in the cards for #2025. Ugh. #news #enshittification
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I don’t think I mention how much I hate private medical insurance (even more than I hate paid parking at medical facilities). So, I’m going to mention that the people at Select Health are terrible for denying a 9 year old girl born with one arm a $24K robotic arm because it was “cosmetic”. Despite their callousness, she got her arm. Read her story. #healthcare #humanrights science.slashdot.org/story/24/…
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I’m not sure this is the most complementary of headlines for the #Flexbar. #Apple’s Touch Bar was almost as unloved as the disastrous Butterfly keyboard, and now both have long been excised from the MacBook lineup. #tech appleinsider.com/articles/…
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This is heartbreaking. I was very lucky to be among those whose loans were mostly wiped clean by the Biden administration and I’m “only” 56. And my outstanding loans were a pittance compared to Valerie’s. I thought my 16k was stressful… #studentloans #debt yro.slashdot.org/story/24/…
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While my favorite #rally car of all time is the #Lancia Delta Integralé 16V, but a close second is the #Renault 5 Turbo 2. Now I’m looking at this new R5 Turbo 3E and I am blown away at how powerful this little thing looks! Over 500 HP and 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. I love it! #cars #racing www.autoblog.com/news/rena…
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I’m quite sad that 2011’s #animated ‘The Adventures of #Tintin’ directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson & Kathleen Kennedy hasn’t gotten a sequel yet. It’s a great #movie and did well at the global box office. Now Tintin and Popeye will soon be entering the public domain. www.polygon.com/news/5022…
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#HomestarRunner has been on #YouTube for years. I’m subscribed to their channel and watch when they put out new content. Nice to see Polygon finally noticing, though. If it’s been a while, you should revisit some old faves. #cartoons #comedy www.polygon.com/yuletide-…
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Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Yes - 90125 (1983). This is the first album of Yes' third iteration and reinvention into a more commercially approachable act. The album spawned four singles, including the radio-friendly ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ and hit #5 on the US Billboard 200. #music #nowplaying
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NO! BAD #LENOVO!! You’ve been leaching away too much of the #ThinkPad’s DNA for far too long!!! Now you’re possibly going to take the TrackPoint and it’s associated buttons away from your loyal users?! Not a smart move. Let’s hope that this is truly just a rumor and not real. #tech #laptops liliputing.com/lenovo-th…
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Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: The Phil Collins Big Band - A Hot Night in Paris (1999). God rest your marvelous soul, Phil. #music #nowplaying
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It’s time for a revolt against #Microsoft and their lust for making #Windows worse and its users pay for the “privilege”. If you already use Linux & Windows, just dump Windows. If you use Windows 11, downgrade to Windows 10. If you’re non-technical, switch to an #Apple #M4MacMini. There’s very little that isn’t universal these days. #capitalism #AIsucks #tech slashdot.org/story/24/…
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Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Robbie Robertson - Storyville (1991). I guess today is Robbie Roberthursday. Fantastic album with a deeply soulful ‘Go Back to Your Woods’. #music #nowplaying
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Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Robbie Robertson - Eponymous (1987). Lead guitarist for Bob Dylan. Founding member and songwriter for The Band. Storied solo career. We sadly lost him last year at a young 80 years old. #music #nowplaying en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robb…
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Wow! #Ayaneo, the premium handheld game console maker, has just unveiled their Ayaneo 3 #Windows gaming device and while it doesn’t appear that unique, it does have a neat gimmick. The controls are magnetically swappable. Just watch. #videogames #hardware www.youtube.com/watch
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Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Psychodots - Terminal Blvd. (2005). Rob is prolific. He was in The Bears with Adrian Belew, The Raisins, and has a strong solo career, and is a stellar guitarist. A deeply underrated talent. #music #nowplaying
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I’m a full album listener and appreciate explorations of particular musicians across multiple phases of their career (e.g., Jason Falkner, Rob Fetters, Simon Phillips). I’m pleased to see someone finally ran a study on the so-called ‘Sophmore Slump’. #music entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/…
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I’m a native Angeleno. I was born in #Pasadena, just outside of #LosAngeles way back in 1968, just in time to miss the Pacific Electric Red Car era. I still live in #SoCal and getting around is… difficult, but it’s been getting slowly better. I found this video quite hopeful. www.youtube.com/watch
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Found this in my #YouTube recommendations this #Christmas morning :) The #Lancia #Delta #Integrale is my all-time favorite rally car and this is some stunning #animation in Unreal Engine 5 #UE5 #shorts #film www.youtube.com/watch